NEWS: Old Atari games play on Sony Ericsson phones

From: Dan Wright <dtwright_at_uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu Mar 14 16:22:55 2002

I dunno, it sure looks like it's really cnet to me -- see below...

> whois com.com

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Michael Nadeau said:
> > > This is from: http://zdnet.com.com/2110-1105-859957.html
> > zdnet.com.com is not infact ZDnet, but a very clever site pretending to be
> > ZDnet. The purpose of the site is seems to be to propagate memes the
> > authors agree with.
> >
> > Click on Page One, you go to http://zdnet.com.com/2001-11-0.html
> > (http://zdnet.net.net redirects to http://www.zdnet.com/) which has
> > "Open-source flaw threatens MS code" and other items that wouldn't normaly
> > show up on an corporate-ass-licking site like ZDnet.
> >
> > -Philip
>
> What makes you say that? Sure looks like the real thing to me. You can get
> to the Atari story from the genuine ZDNet site.
>
> --Mike
>
>
>
> Michael Nadeau
> Editor/Publisher
> Classic Tech, the Vintage Computing Resource
> www.classictechpub.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <philip_at_awale.qc.ca>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:07 PM
> Subject: RE: NEWS: Old Atari games play on Sony Ericsson phones
>
>
> >
> > On 14-Mar-2002 Bryan Pope wrote:
> > > Jus' a little news blurb:
> > >
> > > Mar 14, 2002 8:30 AM PT
> > > Old Atari games play on Sony Ericsson phones
> > > Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Thursday announced partnerships
> > > with two companies making games for mobile phones in its drive to
> > > challenge handset market leader Nokia through mobile entertainment.
> > >
> > > The newly formed handset maker, Sony Ericsson, said partnerships with
> > > iFone and Synergenix would enable consumers to download some games for
> > > free from the Sony Ericsson Web site, or access others for a fee from
> > > an operator's Web site. IFone will be providing games from its Atari
> > > catalogue, including classics such as Asteroids and Pong. --Reuters
> > >
>
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)

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